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They think it’s all over
Unlike England, Ben Clark had a successful World Cup
Bonny Downs North church plant, with the help of other local churches and organisations, planned a Family Fun Day in a local park
Financial assistance came from More Than Gold, the Mustard Seed Foundation, Transform Newham and Barclays
District lines
Ministry within a particular local district, many of which are run out of centres owned by London City Mission
John Hamilton (Dagenham), Daniel Martin (Dagenham), Victoria Adamkiewicz (Dagenham), Aaron Clark (Dagenham), Bill Deane (Harlesden), Steve Frost (South Ealing), Patrick Kangi (Peckham), Wendy Hughes (Peckham), Shane Love (Forest Hill), Darren Dotson (Greenwich), Emmanuel Gill (Greenwich), Lesley Sinca (Greenwich), Paul Holland (Downham), Roger Page (Downham), Jamie Stewart (Downham), Andrew Cannon (Bermondsey), Teresa Syczuk (Bermondsey), Luke Mansfield (West Croydon), Constance Mirembe (Vauxhall), Andrew Witherall (Vauxhall), Daada Luogon (King’s Cross), David Bauer (Forest Gate), Petra Zimmermann (Covent Garden)
The teams at these centres also include auxiliary workers (such as Suzy Taylor, Barbara Newsome, Ije Wilmshurst and Andrea Park) and volunteers
It is our aim that centre-based work should have good links with like-minded church congregations
Steve Frost works alongside the International Presbyterian Church for 2 days a week as well as being engaged in workplace ministry as chaplain to Harlequins rugby league team
Wendy Hughes has recently taken on a chaplaincy role for older people in Mission Care accommodation
Café Culture
There are currently three centres engaged in café-style ministries:
Café Eterno in Covent Garden attracts tourists, shoppers, local workers and residents
Café Forever on the Isle of Dogs serves the local community
Departure is our arts centre, bookshop and café in Limehouse
Hylton Bellinger (Isle of Dogs), Carol McFarlane (Isle of Dogs), Adam Gage (Limehouse), Lynne Hornett (Limehouse), Alice Noble (Limehouse), Stuart Currie
Priming the parish pump
A number of our district workers, known as church-attached workers or church-directed workers, are linked with a particular church in a community
Henk van der Meer is attached to ELT Baptist Church in Mile End
Halbo Chou is with Good News Church, Harrow Weald
Nick Labiche and Andrew Kwapong are attached to St Ann’s Tottenham
Nick is responsible for the church plant on the Broadwater Farm estate; Andrew is at work on the Tiverton estate
Johnmark Hobbins and Rebekah Pascall work with St James, Clerkenwell
Stephen Maclean is placed with Cranbrook Baptist Church in Ilford
Andrew Gordon is working at West Kilburn Baptist Church
Graham Jones is involved with the Summerstown Mission Evangelical Church
Laurence Truett is attached to Gunnersbury Baptist Church
Donald Stewart helps King’s Cross Baptist Church
Andrew Hewett and Ben Clark work with Bonny Downs Baptist Church in East Ham
Different class
There are three dedicated schools’ workers:
Ania Cannon works in the Borough of Southwark
Peter Kendrick and Rosemary Haslam work in the Borough of Merton
A hard day’s night
Chaplains in the workplace
The largest group of workplace chaplains are those to railway employees and the British Transport Police (BTP). They are Steve Downe (Southern, Gatwick Express & Meteor), Steve Dunn (Liverpool Street), Martin Lawrence (Paddington), Byron Lewis (Southeastern), Steve Nichols (Underground, Overground and Tramlink), Jeff Potter (King's Cross) and Will Stewart (South West Trains)
For a major incident, and if necessary, a response would be coordinated with the Railway Mission to provide 24-hour cover at a major site
The oldest workplace ministry is that to taxi drivers, and Will Thorburn currently fills that chaplaincy role
Paul Cave works as part of the chaplaincy team at Tilbury, offering help and support to all seafarers
Neil Kinghorn has a London-wide position as chaplain to the London Ambulance Service
Neil also currently has a “hard hat chaplaincy” role at the Olympics site, along with John Hamilton and Marlene Botha
Alick Stewart visits bus depots south of the river, David McAdam south-west and north
Patrick Coleman is our chaplain to postal workers
Roxie Stockdale meets workers and encourages Christians in West End theatres
Nick Manyumbu is chaplain to the City of London Police
Andrew Hawkins is Local Chaplaincy Director for the Metropolitan Police
Around the world on eleven tube lines
London is home to a broad range of ethnic and religious communities
Steve Taylor works with the Chinese community, including overseas students. Before joining London City Mission, Steve had lived and worked in China for a number of years
Alice Noble (currently on maternity leave) is also one of those with a cross-cultural role. She works with a Mandarin-speaking congregation, as well as working in Departure
Keri Lim has recently been appointed to a role with the Chinese community, in connection with a Chinese church in the heart of the West End
LCM are keen to partner with local churches or other organisations, including Mission to the World, World Harvest and OM
Princely Croos is based in east London and serves the Tamil community, in an appointment which is a partnership between London City Mission, South Asian Concern and the Chelmsford Diocese of the Church of England
TIm Spring, who is based in the Tottenham area, is reaching out to Turkish and Kurdish communities. Part of Tim's work is based at a drop-in centre in a church
Others engaged in working with people from particular ethnic communities include Anwer Shah, Yosry Ghobry, Harish Patel, Imtiaz Khan and Paul Winter
Valuing people
Ministries characterised by compassion: work with older people, care homes and hospitals
Juan Vazquez, Angel Tiebas and Stuart Baker have official roles at different hospitals which they visit regularly
Angel, Stuart and Wendy Hughes also visit care homes for older people
At the edge
Working with those on the margins of society
Webber Street is our day centre near Waterloo for homeless people
A large number of staff, including auxiliary workers, and volunteers are involved in the work at Webber Street. David Clover is the team leader, and Jackie Davis and Jean-Louis Kassis do most of their work out of Webber Street; other workers who have some involvement at Webber Street include Petra Zimmermann, Steve Taylor and Alick Stewart; and the team of auxiliary workers includes Raquel Gallego-Fons, Derick Green, Trevor Kyle, David Logan, Liz Moss, Lena Page,
Jean-Louis Kassis, Neil Gillespie, Luke Garson, Rhonda Manley and Timothy Fielder
Rob Hooks works primarily in Brixton prison, while also working with ex-prisoners,
and Lucy Merino works in Holloway women's prison
Snapshots
Scenes from the work of the Mission from Will Stewart, Steve Nichols, Tim Spring, Jeff Potter, Steve Frost and Patrick Coleman
Taking the opportunity
David Linley gives an update on More Than Gold, co-ordinating churches for the 2012 Olympic Games. For more details visit http://www.morethangold.org.uk/
Financial Report 2009
Malcolm Dulwich, Director of Finance, Administration and IT, gives an overview of the 2009 accounts
Anniversary news
London City Mission celebrated its 175th anniversary on Sunday 16 May this year
A short video featuring extracts of Anniversary Sunday services at Selhurst Evangelical Church and Enfield Free Evangelical Church can be seen online at http://vimeo.com/11871991
A number of video extracts from the June Mansion House meeting can be seen at
http://vimeo.com/user1774243
Mission News
For full details of the extensive Mission news please see this pdf copy of the page
Kevin Heward talks about his difficult decision to give up work due to his increasing disabilities caused by multiple sclerosis
You can now now follow the Mission on Twitter (http://twitter.com/londoncm) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/londoncm)
Roy Jarvis, Supporter Relations Manager, writes about the value of “gifts in memory”
London’s Museum
The Museum of London sits between St Paul’s and the Barbican and has a few objects which show evidence of Christianity in Roman times
Visit http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk
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